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acting grand counselor. see gondainagon

adjacency:

as attribute of Tamakazura,

131–32

184–85

;

as category of chapters in the Genji,

131

;

narabi no maki (adjacent chapters),

131

aesthetic elements,

102

142

261

;

aesthetic creativity,

114–15

;

aesthetic logic,

105

;

aesthetics of harmony,

83–84

affective elements:

affective economy,

;

affective logic,

105

;

affective power,

239–40

;

affective thinking,

253–54

;

and characterization,

64–65

194–95

257

273n3

;

and distance,

;

and the figure of the house,

19–20

140

144

262

;

and movement,

100

;

and polygyny,

21–22

;

potentially lethal,

;

and relational networks,

173

177–78

Agemaki (chap. 47). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

agency,

40–41

282n21

;

of Genji,

;

of houses,

282n21

;

of Ōigimi,

218

220

253–54

;

of Tamakazura,

166–74

253–54

agency, female

;

agency, male

agency, female,

131

220

268n2

;

maternal,

43–45

102

251–55

260

;

as wife,

166–70

271n42

agency, male,

;

paternal,

43–44

Akashi (chap. 13). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

alliance,

249

260

284n35

;

marital,

63–64

234

252

Aoi (chap. 9). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

architectural elements,

163

227

231

234

;

and affect,

29–30

;

architectonics,

;

architectural subnarrative,

;

and characterization,

;

and contested issues,

;

and deferral,

;

and disruptions,

213

;

and the Kokinwakashū,

284n36

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

52–53

;

and polygyny,

51–55

60–70

247

;

and the RokujŌin,

52–53

105

;

and social status,

92–93

98–99

;

thresholds,

273n13

;

in Yūgao,

132

Ariake no wakare (Partings at Dawn),

259–60

Ariwara no Narihira,

Asagao (chap. 20). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

asobi (erotic sport),

Azumaya (chap. 50). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Bakhtin, Mikhail,

“Bamboo River” (Takekawa, a saibara associated with Tamakazura),

149

181–84

“Bamboo River” (Takekawa, chap. 44). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Bamboo River group (chaps. 42–4). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

biwa (stringed instrument similar to a lute),

body,

122

221

;

in architectural space,

;

female,

3–4

;

gendered,

;

mansions as,

106

;

and metonymy,

233

;

onna no mi

bonds,

143

179

196

chigiri

breast sibling. see menotogo

Buckley, Sandra,

Buddhism,

124

199

210

231–32

242

;

and characterization,

256

258

311n11

;

and fiction as expedient means,

144–45

;

and human agency,

;

nunhood,

107

120

235

246

256–58

260

;

vows,

167

209

215

253

256

260

okonai

;

shukke

burning house (kataku),

248–49

310n1

Cavanaugh, Carole,

43–44

chain of events. see koto no suji

changeling. see henge no mono

characterization,

8–9

224

270n27

;

of the Akashi Daughter,

202

;

of the Akashi Lady,

33–34

67–68

112

252

;

of the Akashi Nun,

;

of Akikonomu,

67–68

201

257

;

of Genji,

100

105

195

201

298n3

298n6

298n16

;

of Hanachirusato,

67–68

135

252

290n19

;

of heroines,

67–68

115

246–47

;

of Higekuro,

156–57

159–61

163

293n11

296n49

;

of house-bound heroines,

33–34

;

of Kaoru,

14–15

191

208–9

224

229

301n52

302n8

303n13

;

of Kashiwagi,

161

167

201–3

211

223–26

300n38

305n36

;

of the Kiritsubo Emperor,

194

298n10

;

of Lady RokujŌ,

89–90

109–11

200

254

;

of Murasaki,

33–34

67–68

115

215

288n2

;

and narrative space,

267n18

;

of Niou,

202

216

222–25

236

238–40

258

;

of Ōigimi,

297n64

;

of Reizei,

159

161

194–95

201

;

of second generation characters,

201–5

303n20

;

and sobriquets of Genji characters,

267n19

;

of Tamakazura,

13–14

33–34

115

125

129–31

143–48

153–54

159

167–72

179–80

201

290n19

291n43

292n63

293n1

297n60

297n64

;

and their ages,

273n2

;

of TŌ no ChūjŌ,

111

143

154

161

170

192

295n41

;

in the Uji chapters,

268n29

;

of Ukifune,

257

;

of Yūgao,

237–40

;

of Yūgiri,

198–201

271n39

299n28

300n32

300n34

minor characters

character system,

238

302n9

305n34

character types,

36–40

;

male,

37–39

271n41

house-bound heroines

;

irogonomi

;

mamebito

;

miyazukaebito

charisma,

160

200

chiasmus,

214

chigiri (bonds),

242

chikaki yukari (close ties),

172

Childs, Margaret,

275n32

292n64

303n16

Chronicles of Japan (Nihongi),

261

chūgū (empress),

closure,

16–17

112

132

138

195

243

cognitive poetics,

267n17

commander of the right. see udaishŌ

concubine, domestic. see meshūdo

concubine, imperial,

136–37

165

179

202

;

hierarchies among,

26–27

54–55

kŌi

conflict:

gendered,

;

generational

Confucian tradition,

160

196

consorts,

103

172–76

193

;

living with emperors,

;

Fujitsubo consorts,

305nn38–39

;

hierarchies among,

26–27

;

Kiritsubo Consort,

;

Kokiden Consort (Emperor Suzaku’s mother),

55–56

249

;

(TŌ no ChūjŌ’s daughter),

143

155

163–64

173–76

182

;

Reikeiden Consort,

276nn42–45

;

and social status,

Dairi

;

nyŌgo

;

Rear Court

cosmological elements,

court fiction (monogatari),

3–4

43–44

106

172

185

;

and “Bamboo River,”

;

and desire,

200–201

;

and genealogical ambiguity,

;

and heroine types,

130

158

246

260–61

;

and hero types,

;

house figures as organizing trope in,

19–20

;

idealization of residence patterns in,

;

and lies,

195

;

male character types in,

38–39

;

and marriage,

178

;

and monogatariron ; (defense of fiction),

144

;

and relationships,

;

and shukke,

246

255–56

court society,

4–5

167

172

184

190

193

295n40

;

and domestic space,

miyabi

;

miyazukaebito

court tales. see court fiction ; see specific tales by title

Cranston, Edwin,

cultural authority,

100

105

Daigo, Emperor,

75–76

266n8

294n25

Dairi (inner palace),

26–30

248

;

spatial dimensions of,

269n18

Rear Court

de Certeau, Michel,

282n23

description,

94–96

101

149

153

ji no bun

Dew on the Mountain Path. see Yamaji no tsuyu

devotions,

116

256

okonai

Dharma,

249

nori no tomo

diagrams and models,

94–99

283n26

283n29

;

genealogical charts as,

283n27

dialogic discourse

7–8

250

dialogue,

88–93

145

discursive strategies,

6–8

96–97

disharmony. see harmony

divorce,

22–23

268n3

dokueika (waka with no specific addressee),

117–20

189

epigraph

245

doll,

61–63

115

hitogata

dollhouses,

62–63

100

115

124

198–99

;

as analogues for fictional tales,

273n3

dream,

45–47

201

205

228

306n48

;

interrupted dream (mihatenu yume),

231

233

;

“not a dream” (yume to mo naku),

echolalia,

224

Eiga monogatari (Tale of Flowering Fortunes),

271n44

280n81

284n34

310n101

emotional realism,

empress. see chūgū ; see kisaki ; see kŌgŌ

Enchi Fumiko,

286n61

296n47

erotic elements,

35–39

164

;

and domesticity,

142

;

erotic abandonment,

254

;

erotic competition,

179

;

eroticization,

155

184

;

erotic nostalgia,

141

;

erotic play,

;

erotic sport (asobi),

;

erotic substitution,

108

133–34

174

204

211

218

233

;

erotic triangle,

134

;

and Genji,

68–69

100

104–8

137

152–55

192

196–97

247

;

and Kaoru,

241

;

and Niou,

202

;

and the RokujŌin,

142–43

;

and the Second Princess,

229

;

and transience,

254

;

and Ukifune,

243

245

love triangle

;

sukigokoro

;

yukari

errors,

178

220

296n45

;

erroneous ways,

175

higakoto-domo

ethical elements,

137

172

194–99

201

204

209

247

expedient means,

232

hŌben

female householder (onna aruji),

184

260

268n25

293n1

festivals,

142

;

Aoi,

117

287n71

;

festival of flowers,

227–28

;

Tanabata,

119

obon

fickle type,

154

kokoro asagenaru hito

fiction, defense of. see monogatariron

Field, Norma,

6–7

147

167

286n53

298n3

302n6

filial piety,

145

271n39

five relationships. see gorin

flirtation,

141

165

255

sukizukishi

flowering wisteria. see fuji

flute,

205

228

300n42

306n48

folk songs. see saibara

fuji (flowering wisteria),

227–28

Fujii Sadakazu,

272n46

274n15

274n17

286n51

298n10

300n44

Fujibakama (chap. 30). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Fuji no uraba (chap. 33). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Fujiwara clan,

5–6

106

125

145

167

266n7

;

Aide of Ceremonial,

;

and the irogonomi,

37–38

;

and marriage politics,

136–37

161

176

211

228

;

Minister of the Left,

Fujiwara no Kaneie,

45–46

268n3

269n10

275n36

Fujiwara no Kanemichi,

278n59

Fujiwara no Michinaga,

168

266n7

269n18

275n36

280n4

294n25

Fujiwara no Michitsuna,

272n58

Fujiwara no Michitsuna, mother of,

268n3

Fujiwara no Senshi,

266n6

Fujiwara no ShŌshi,

266nn6–7

ShŌshi, Empress

Fujiwara no Teishi,

266n7

Fujiwara no Yukinari,

304n28

functionality:

as attribute of Tamakazura,

167

295n34

gallant. see sukibito

garden:

at the Akashi family’s Ōi River villa,

;

and Akikonomu,

101

;

in historical Heian residences,

;

at Lady RokujŌ’s palace,

132

;

and Murasaki,

101

112

116

118–19

155

;

at the RokujŌin,

101

116

151

;

in saibara “Bamboo River,”

164

;

and Tamakazura at the RokujŌin,

150

;

at Tamakazura’s mansion,

181

gate,

45–46

122

140

146

172

266n5

272n55

275n36

kado

gender,

9–11

15–16

168

251–54

259–60

;

and ambivalence,

;

and character identity,

;

and classic formulations of “dwelling,”

;

construction of,

;

gender dynamics,

;

gendered conflicts,

;

gendered interactions,

;

gender norms,

259

;

gender relations,

;

and genealogical fiction,

190

;

and generational issues,

;

and language,

250

;

and perspective,

;

transgender,

259

genealogical elements,

11–15

40–41

130

136

;

and Akashi Lady,

;

genealogical fictions and secrets,

103

141

189–91

192–201

205

207

301n48

;

genealogical imaginaries,

;

and irony,

176

301n57

;

and Kaoru,

205–11

228

241

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

;

and the Ōi River villa,

;

and role reversals,

183

;

and the RokujŌin,

102–3

111

;

and second-generation characters,

201–5

;

and social status,

;

and sociopolitical capital,

;

and Tamakazura,

130

136

141–42

lineage

;

paternity

;

specific lineages by name

Genji monogatari emaki (The Genji scrolls),

273n13

genre,

3–4

144

235

255

ghosts,

108

230–31

279n80

306n48

spirits of the dead

gift exchange,

150

gondainagon (acting grand counselor),

226

305n41

306n42

gorin (five relationships),

GotŌ ShŌko,

294n25

grief,

113

116–21

241

254

grudge,

157

304n24

onnen

habit. see kuse

Hahakigi (chap. 2). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Hamamatsu Chūnagon monogatari ; (Tale of the Hamamatsu Middle Counselor),

259–60

Hana no en (chap. 8). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

handmaids. see naishi

harmony,

247

252

259

;

aesthetics of,

;

domestic,

101–2

106

108

110

114

135

144

177

182

201

;

polygynous,

250

;

social,

172

184

;

of spirits of the dead with the living,

234

Hashihime (chap. 45). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Hatsune (chap. 23). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Heian, city of,

Heian period:

aristocratic mansions of,

30–32

;

aristocratic marriage practices of,

21–29

;

cultural and social milieu,

4–5

;

elite families in,

;

gender,

;

house fires,

248

;

imaginaries of,

;

imperial court of,

;

readers in,

103

123

164

168

195

248–49

259

;

real spaces of,

250–52

;

shukke in,

255–56

;

stages of life,

;

women

43–44

Heichū monogatari (Tales of Heichū),

henge no mono (changeling),

heroines, multiple,

67–68

214–15

heteroglossia,

267n16

hierarchy,

201

214

;

and alliance,

;

and the narrator,

;

reordering of,

;

stability of,

26–28

39–40

;

and status,

252

higakoto-domo (errors),

171–72

Higashi SanjŌ (historical mansion of Fujiwara no Kaneie and Michinaga),

276n36

histories,

251

Chronicles of Japan

hitogata (statue or doll used in religious rituals),

232–33

hito warae (laughingstock),

145

hŌben (expedient device),

145

195

248–49

upāya

holy man,

209

zoku hijiri

home leaving. see shukke

homosocial elements,

155

177–79

260

Hotaru (chap. 25). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

house,

7–9

191

251–55

258–62

;

burning house,

248–49

;

of characters,

11–15

;

and character typing,

36–40

;

as corporately conceived,

40–48

87–88

124–25

158

277n58

;

and the dead,

221

231–36

272n45

;

and dying will of,

274n15

;

as figure for narrative,

273n13

;

of Genji,

51–52

57–59

65–71

73–78

130–31

133

141

144

149

157

166

192

199

;

imagined,

29–36

;

and marriage,

23–26

;

as organizing principle,

255

;

real-and-imagined,

40–48

;

and the second generation,

201–3

206

209

;

as a site for working out plots,

142

;

and spatiality,

29–36

;

and Tamakazura,

130

137

149–50

153

158–59

161–63

166–68

171–82

184–85

;

thinking about,

6–11

;

and thresholds,

273n13

;

of TŌ no ChūjŌ,

143

;

of Yūgiri and Kumoi no Kari,

269n8

;

in the Uji chapters,

213

216–17

;

unfinished,

236–47

;

in the Yūgao chapter,

132

;

itaya

;

NijŌin

;

Nijō TŌin

;

RokujŌin

;

shukke

house-bound heroines,

33–34

;

and maternal agency,

47–48

;

and Murasaki,

59–65

Hsu Hun,

118

human form. see hitogata

icons,

231

235

ie (house),

255–56

266n5

ikisudama (living spirit),

289n5

incest,

137

193

197

204

274n17

281n13

289n8

304n28

inheritance,

200

inner palace. see Dairi

interiority,

171

192

;

of Kaoru,

216

;

of Ōigimi,

215

;

of the Second Princess (wife of Kaoru),

229

;

of Tamakazura,

130

160

;

of the Third Princess,

257

;

of Ukifune,

245

kokoro

;

shinnaigo

instrument, stringed. see biwa ; see koto ; see sŌ no koto ; see wagon

interior monologue,

138

155

169

shinnaigo

interrupted dream. see mihatenu yume

irogonomi (lover of erotic pursuits),

36–38

271n33

293n12

295n32

;

and suki (taste for erotic play),

37–38

270n29

;

in the Tale of Genji,

271n34

sukibito

Ise monogatari (Tales of Ise),

36–37

231

293n3

mukashi otoko

itaya (house with a board roof),

132

237

itinerary,

120

itsuwari (lies),

172

200

Izumi Shikibu,

280n3

304n28

Jameson, Fredric,

302n9

protagonicity

ji no bun (description),

JŌjin Ajari Haha no shū (Collection of JŌjin Ajari’s Mother),

311n13

Judgments of Women on a Rainy Night. see Rainy Night Conversation

jun daijŌ tennŌ (honorary retired emperor),

280n5

292n53

kado (gate),

3–4

266n5

Kagaribi (chap. 27). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

KagerŌ (chap. 52). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

KagerŌ nikki,

268n3

285n38

kaimami (peeping through gaps),

59–60

210

kaiwa bun (characters’ dialogue),

KakaishŌ,

132

Kamakura period,

259

Kaneakira, Prince,

75–76

278n59

karma,

9–10

176

Kashiwagi (chap. 36). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

kataku (burning house):

parable of,

248–49

katami (memento),

122

133

180

204

233

katari suji (plotline),

135

katashiro (surrogate),

232

katŌ (song master),

182–83

otokotŌka

Katsuranoin,

277n55

Kawaranoin (historical mansion of Minamoto no TŌru),

132

Kenreimonin UkyŌ no Daibu shū,

287n74

kingship,

85–86

194–95

Kiritsubo (chap. 1). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Kiritsubo Emperor. see under characterization.

Kiritsubo lineage,

298n10

kisaki (empress),

kishū ryūritan (noble-in-exile tale),

291n39

kita no kata (lady of the house),

162

KŌbai (chap. 43). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

KochŌ (chap. 24). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

kŌgŌ (empress),

kŌi (imperial concubine),

163

165

kokoro (interiority, heart),

259

kokoro asagenaru hito (fickle or wanton types),

145

kokoro tagai (deranged),

162

KŌkyū (Rear Court). see Rear Court

Koretaka, Prince,

koto (stringed instrument similar to a zither),

155

182

sō no koto

;

wagon

koto no suji (chain of events),

135

kuse (penchant, habit),

246

lady of the house,

121

kita no kata

landscape,

105

garden

last words. see yuigon

laughingstock,

154

hito warae

lies,

134–35

142

195

201–2

itsuwari

liminality:

and the Ōi River villa,

278n63

line,

55–56

120

228

;

family line,

244

;

female line,

251

;

of the Genji,

120

;

imperial line,

111

195

;

of Kaoru,

228

;

line of succession,

suji

lineage,

121

;

of Akashi Lady,

252

;

and ambition,

;

cadet lineage,

;

and domestic space,

41–42

250

254

;

Fujiwara lineage,

125

167

211

228

234

;

of Genji,

103

111

120

251

;

of Kaoru,

180

217

;

of Kashiwagi,

205

244

;

Kiritsubo lineage,

56–58

103

106

125

;

of Lady RokujŌ,

103

106

;

maternal,

102–3

;

Minamoto lineage,

;

and narrative,

41–45

202

250

;

sublineage,

4–6

98–99

104

106

111

;

of Suzaku,

111

;

of Tamakazura,

156

289n15

;

of TŌ no ChūjŌ,

111

;

of Yūgao,

289n12

line

;

suji

link. see yukari

living spirit. see ikisudama

Lotus Sutra,

112

248

lover of erotic pursuits. see irogonomi

love triangle,

215

223

229

;

adulterous,

223

;

erotic,

134

Maboroshi (chap. 41). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

machi,

makibashira (central pillar in a post and beam mansion),

112

163

294n20

Makibashira (chap. 31). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Makibashira (character),

162–63

168–69

184–85

294n18

303n19

makoto no koto (truth),

172

Makura no sŌshi (The Pillow Book),

32–33

mamakotan (stepdaughter tale),

134

stepdaughter tale

mamebito (serious or stalwart man),

38–39

161

271n29

271n36

295n32

303n14

;

Kaoru and Yūgiri compared as mamebito,

183

197

208

219

303n20

;

as rival to sukibito,

166–69

180–81

203–4

271n41

man of old. see mukashi otoko

mansion. see Higashi SanjŌ ; see Katsuranoin ; see Kawaranoin , see NijŌin ; see NijŌ TŌin ; see Oguranomiya , see Ōi River villa , see Reizeiin , see RokujŌin , see SanjŌ mansion , see Tsuchimikado , see Uji villa

maps. see diagrams and models

marriage:

donning-of-the-train ceremony,

137

;

duolocal,

23–24

;

and imperial princesses,

303n18

303n19

;

neolocal,

23–26

269n7

269n9

269n13

;

opting out of,

;

resistance to,

247

255

;

uxorilocal,

23–26

137

;

virilocal,

23–24

162

227

252

260

269n6

307n53

polygyny

matrilineal genealogy,

190

251

matrilineal spaces,

Matsukaze (chap. 18). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

matsu onna (the woman who waits for a visiting lover/husband),

44–45

McCullough, William,

266n5

269n6

memento,

117

232

236

katami

memoir,

32–33

45–47

105–6

115

246

258

261

memorial hall,

247

midŌ

menotogo (breast sibling),

131

men’s caroling. see otokotŌka

meshūdo (domestic concubine),

237

280n3

294n19

309n78

metonymy:

and the aristocratic mansion,

;

and the body,

233

;

and flowers,

164

;

and gate,

;

and Genji’s desire,

140

;

and house,

;

and memento,

122

288n85

;

and subjectivity,

190

mi (body, social status),

3–4

265n4

;

as homophone for “fruit,”

152

;

and mismatch with inner identity (kokoro),

259

onna no mi

Michinaga. see Fujiwara no Michinaga

midŌ (memorial hall),

232

277n55

308n65

mihatenu yume (interrupted dream),

231

Minamoto no NoritŌ,

284n34

Minamoto no Rinshi,

168

Minamoto no TŌru,

132

Minamoto no Tsunefusa,

304n28

Minamoto sublineage,

137

184

258

mind, theory of,

267n17

273n3

minor characters,

167–68

179

213–14

216

240

243

254

256

275n29

288n3

292n63

299n23

306n49

309n78

;

Nokiba no Ogi,

153

292n63

;

the Second Princess (wife of Kaoru),

211

222–30

234–35

241

244–45

251

259

;

the Second Princess (Ochiba no Miya),

125

200

205

218–20

224

226

251

;

Suetsumuhana,

72–73

270n27

292n63

;

Ukifune as,

240

258

;

Utsusemi,

292n63

;

Yūgao,

103

122–23

129–34

147

152

170

237–40

243–44

253

Minori (chap. 40). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Miotsukushi (chap. 14). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

mirror cakes. see mochihi kagami

mistress of staff,

161

164

176–77

179

181–82

203

294n23

296n56

naishi no kami

mistress of the house. see kita no kata ; see lady of the house

miyabi (courtly elegance),

100

miyazukaebito (women who serve at court),

270n25

Miyuki (chap. 29). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

mobility,

34–35

142

145

209

;

female,

mochihi kagami (mirror cakes),

104

285n44

models. see diagrams and models

modernist novel,

monogatari (narrative tales, especially fictional). see court fiction ; see itsuwari

monogatariron (defense of fiction),

144–45

291n41

monohakanaki sumai (flimsy dwelling),

237

monologue, interior,

138

155

169

shinnaigo

mono no aware (the poignancy of things),

113

253–54

Morris, Ivan,

268n29

mukashi otoko (amorous hero of Tales of Ise),

231

293n3

mukotori (taking a son),

MumyŌzŌshi (The Nameless Notebook),

259

261

263

267n15

287n64

288n74

290n19

295n37

299n20

300n31

300n34

300n38

Murakami, Emperor,

281n12

294n25

Murasaki Shikibu,

5–7

214

258

280n4

naishi no kami (mistress of staff),

136

159

163

176

179

294n25

295n32

296n56

naishi (handmaids),

164

naishi no tsukasa (office of the palace handmaids),

163

narabi no maki (chapters supplemental to the main chapters of the Genji). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

narrator,

5–9

250

;

and character development,

114

219

;

and character’s thoughts,

149

159

161

171

225

229

;

and converging perspective,

102

;

and description,

101

;

and the flute,

228

;

and Genji,

89–91

113–15

117

192

206

;

ironic,

;

and Kaoru’s story,

206–8

211

216–17

222–23

225–32

235

;

and minor characters,

;

narrative voice,

6–7

267n14

;

and figure of possessing spirit,

311n4

;

and paternity,

135

137

206

;

and the Second Princess (wife of Kaoru),

229

;

and surrogacy,

267n14

274n17

;

and Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,

;

and Tamakazura’s story,

130–38

144

149–51

156

159–62

165

170–71

173

175

179

;

Uji narrator,

217

249

;

and Ukifune’s story,

222

236

239

;

and Yūgiri’s story,

197–98

201

219

NijŌin,

;

abandonment of,

79–84

;

and the Akashi Lady,

;

and Akikonomu,

140

;

and Fujitsubo,

;

and lineage,

251

;

longevity of,

248

;

and Murasaki,

58–66

107

112

116

223

253

275n36

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

70–71

;

and Prince Niou,

125

224

236

;

restoration of,

56–57

;

and the wish for children,

279n79

NijŌ TŌin,

52–53

66–78

251

276n37

;

abandonment of,

79–80

;

and the Akashi Lady,

;

and Genji’s father,

278n71

;

and Hanachirusato,

124

276n45

;

longevity of,

248

;

restoration of,

;

and Tamakazura,

131

;

and the wish for children,

279n78

Niou miya (chap. 42). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

noble-in-exile tale. see kishū ryūritan

nori no tomo (companion in the Dharma),

210

302n59

Nowaki (chap. 28). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

nunhood. see under Buddhism

nyŌgo (junior consorts),

163

consorts

obon (midyear festival celebrating the return of spirits of the dead),

289n9

Ōi River villa,

74–75

277n55

277n58

;

and its historical analogue,

75–76

Oguranomiya (historical villa of Prince Kaneakira),

Okada, Richard,

146

Ōkenron (discussions about the construction of kingship),

280n2

kingship

okonai (Buddhist rituals),

232

308n71

omissions:

of Genji’s death,

112–13

;

of Genji’s first tryst with Fujitsubo,

275n26

;

of Kaoru offering memorial rites for his father,

302n62

;

of Kaoru’s further reflections on his father,

307n60

;

of Murasaki’s perspective,

278n72

288n2

;

of Lady RokujŌ’s bloodlines,

284n35

;

of Tamakazura’s agency in marrying Higekuro,

159

;

of Tamakazura’s perspective,

288n2

onmyŌdŌ. see yin/yang

onna aruji. see female householder

onna no mi (woman’s body or social status),

3–4

onnen (grudge),

133

Ono no Komachi,

140

291n36

Orikuchi Shinobu,

272n46

otokotŌka (men’s caroling),

149

164

181–82

292n53

295n28

297n70

Otome (chap. 21). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

painting,

106

115

palimpsestic narratives,

224

229

Pandey, Rajyashree,

292n63

308n60

parable. see hŌben ; see kataku ; see upāya

pastness,

paternity,

190–91

;

and genealogical secrets

192–201

;

of Kaoru,

167

189–90

204–6

209–11

212

217–18

223

307n60

;

of Reizei,

103

167–68

190

193–95

204

206

210

290n25

;

of Tamakazura,

135

137–38

290n27

;

in Torikaebaya,

259

patrilineal genealogy,

190

251

patrilineal spaces,

patron,

131

232–33

ushiromi

peeping through gaps. see kaimami

Pekarik, Andrew,

268n29

penchant:

for erotic play,

;

for “gathering pretty women,”

129

kuse

Pillow Book, The. see Makura no sŌshi

plotline,

130

167

184

253

260

katari suji

poems,

109

117–20

140–41

157

160

162–63

189

242

281n12

290n15

291n36

294n20

310n104

;

poem-centered narratives (uta monogatari),

;

and the RokujŌin,

101

105

150–52

dokueika

;

waka

;

zŌtŌka

polemic,

250

polished pillar. see makibashira

political elements,

86–87

189

228

247

;

and character typing,

36–37

;

and domestic disharmony,

111–12

;

and genealogical secrets,

192–96

199

;

and Genji’s self-awareness,

115

;

and the placement of surrogate and birth mothers,

93–94

99–100

105–6

;

and the real-and-imagined house as corporate construction,

41–46

;

and the sobriety of the second generation,

202–5

;

and the Tamakazura narrative,

134

138

142

161

polygyny,

1–2

15–21

51–54

221

250–55

260–61

;

and abandonment of the NijŌin,

;

and character typing,

38–39

;

and Genji’s self-awareness,

114

;

and Kaoru’s marriage,

229

;

and the NijŌin and Murasaki,

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

;

and the real-and-imagined house as corporate construction,

;

and residence patterns of the Heian elite,

22–29

;

and the Tamakazura narrative,

145

155

172

;

and unfinished houses,

247

prayers,

131

140

231–32

257

okonai

promises,

60–63

90–91

175–77

200

233

248

chigiri

prophecy,

103–4

189

276n46

279n78

297n1

298n17

protagonicity,

217

221

233–34

239

302n9

psychological elements,

9–10

14–15

140

154

217

;

and domestic disharmony,

109

;

and Kaoru’s marriage,

224

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

Rainy Night Conversation (episode in chap. 2),

270n25

275n29

rank,

55–56

251

299n18

;

and character typing,

;

and Genji’s marital choices,

275n29

;

and Kaoru,

195

203

207

209

214

308n60

;

and the NijŌin,

;

and polygynous marriage and residence patterns,

26–27

;

and the real-and-imagined house as corporate construction,

44–45

47–48

;

and the RokujŌin,

109–10

;

and spatiality,

276n47

;

and spirits of the dead,

82–83

280n81

;

and the Tamakazura narrative,

164

168

185

;

and unfinished houses,

241–43

jun daijō tennŌ

reader, implied,

123

206

sŌshiji bun

readers. see reader, implied ; see and under Heian period

“real-and-imagined,”

2–3

40–48

265n1

Rear Court (KŌkyū),

254

;

and character typing,

36–37

;

and Kaoru,

192

203

225

227

;

and the NijŌin,

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

;

and the RokujŌin,

85–86

112

;

and spatiality,

29–30

35–36

52–57

;

and Tamakazura narrative (earlier parts),

136–40

142–43

145

155

290n22

;

and the Tamakazura narrative (later parts),

159

163–164

166

168

172

174

176

178

182

184

296n57

Reizeiin,

286n61

residence patterns,

22–29

riddles (nazo),

298n1

300n44

Rite of the Eight Discourses,

241

ritual,

143–44

;

of accession to adulthood,

137

;

of adulthood,

208

;

dedicated to Amaterasu,

164

;

donning-of-the-train,

137–38

290n27

;

of exorcising demons from the house,

124

;

of grief and mourning,

116

137

282n17

;

of marriage,

137

;

and Murasaki’s marriage,

64–65

275n34

;

offerings of mirror cakes (mochihi kagami),

104

285n44

;

propitiatory,

234

289n5

;

and ritual propriety,

201

;

of summoning and pacifying spirits,

133

shukke

;

tama shizume

RokujŌin,

12–13

16–17

51–53

85–88

;

and closure,

114–16

120–21

124

;

and dialogues,

88–93

;

and domestic disharmony,

102–112

;

the fate of,

124–25

;

and Kaoru,

190

197–99

207

215

232–33

241

248

250–53

;

and the NijŌin,

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

66–68

76–79

;

and the placement of surrogate and birth mothers,

93–102

;

and its sobriquets,

272n1

;

and the Tamakazura narrative,

129–38

140–44

147–51

154–57

161

164–67

170–72

180–82

;

and the wish for children,

103–4

279n78

285n45

Saigū nyŌgo (the Ise Priestess consort),

281n12

sae (talent, especially skills acquired by civil officials),

160

203

Sagoromo monogatari (Tale of Sagoromo),

261

saibara (genre of ancient folk songs),

149

181

“Bamboo River”

Sakaki (chap. 10). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

SanjŌ mansion:

of Aoi, and later Yūgiri,

220

228

269n8

299n21

;

of the Third Princess,

227

228

230

306n44

306n51

Sanuki no suke nikki,

288n74

Sarashina nikki,

261

312n22

sato dairi (private mansion used as imperial residence),

310n1

Sawarabi (chap. 48). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Schalow, Paul,

304n31

seasons,

115–18

140

;

autumn,

101

118–19

140–41

241

;

lotus blossom season,

241

;

rainy season,

121

;

seasonal festivals,

142–43

;

spring,

101

116–20

140

;

summer,

118–19

135

153–54

;

winter,

101

117–18

121

246

seduction,

140–41

144

160

200

sukizukishi

seihen (chaps. 1–41),

171

289n3

296n43

specific chapters by title under Tale of Genji, chapters in

SeiryŌden (emperor’s sleeping quarters),

seisai (proper wife),

Sei ShŌnagon,

Sekiguchi Hiroko,

269n5

sekkanke (system of rule by family of a regent or chancellor),

265n2

;

and female sekkanke members,

266n6

self-awareness,

112

114–15

193

;

and Murasaki’s waka,

274n18

;

and Ukifune,

245–46

257–58

310n104

serious man. see mamebito

Shii ga moto (chap. 46). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

ShimeishŌ,

shinden (main hall),

97–98

235

270n20

308n65

308n70

shindenzukuri house,

270n20

shinnaigo (interior monologue),

194

273n12

Shirane, Haruo,

284n36

286n53

ShŌkyŌden, the,

163

294n22

ShŌshi, Empress,

168

248

280n4

284n34

shukke (the taking of Buddhist precepts),

18–19

116

210

246

255–60

279n75

304n30

311n10

signification,

255

sin,

109

176

183

256

;

and Kaoru,

204

231

233

244

tsumi

social status,

4–5

252

;

and character typing,

39–40

;

and Kaoru,

237

240

243

;

and the NijŌin,

;

and the NijŌ TŌin,

;

and the placement of surrogate and birth mothers,

101

;

and polygynous marriage and residence patterns,

;

and the real-and-imagined house as corporate construction,

;

and Tamakazura narrative,

134

;

onna no mi

Soja, Edward,

solitary waka. see dokueika

“Song of Everlasting Sorrow,”

118

song master. see katŌ

sŌ no koto (a koto with thirteen strings),

sŌshiji bun (narrator’s comments and asides),

spatiality,

29–36

94–99

206–7

250

284n32

;

and exile,

275n35

spirits of the dead,

82–83

108

280n81

286n55

286n61

;

and spirit possession narratives,

107–8

162–63

243–45

271n44

272n47

286n52

289n5

304n24

306n48

308n70

310n99

310n101

stalwart man. see mamebito

statue. see hitogata

stepdaughter tale,

134

140

147–48

151

291n39

302n6

;

Sumiyoshi monogatari,

146–48

mamakotan

storytelling,

142

183

monogatari

succession, imperial,

55–57

;

and dialogue,

;

and domestic harmony at RokujŌin,

103

;

and genealogical secrets,

194–95

Sugawara no Takasue, daughter of,

25–26

261

suji (line, thread, lineage),

135

190

289n15

;

katari suji (plotline),

135

;

koto no suji (chain of events),

135

sukibito (a gallant),

161

;

as rival to mamebito,

166–69

180–81

203–4

;

sukibito-domo,

135

sukimono

sukigokoro (penchant for erotic play),

and suki,

271n29

sukimono (a gallant),

37–40

208

271n29

sukizukishi (flirtatious, seductive),

Suma (chap. 12). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Sumiyoshi monogatari (Tale of Sumiyoshi),

146–47

Sumori (“lost” chapter of the Genji). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

surrogate,

;

for Fujitsubo,

;

Murasaki as,

;

surrogate children,

;

surrogate daughters,

108

246

272n58

;

surrogate fathers,

213

259

;

surrogate grandsons,

124

;

surrogate mothers,

46–47

82–83

93–102

104

108

112

125

136

200

241

246

252

258

;

surrogate parents,

;

surrogate sons,

207

katashiro

;

narrator

Suzuki Hideo,

293n12

Suzuki Wataru,

66–67

system of rule. see sekkanke

taguinaki (unprecedented),

158

;

taguinaki monogatari (unprecedented tale),

146

201

tai, tai no ya (opposing wings),

270n20

Taira no Sadafun. see Heichū monogatari

Takahashi TŌru,

271n33

271n41

273n3

286n52

311n4

Takekawa. see “Bamboo River”

Takekawa (chap. 44). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Taketori monogatari (Tale of the Bamboo Cutter),

3–4

16–17

130

140

146–48

166

talent,

114

154

199

sae

Tale of Genji, chapters in:

chaps. 1–41 (seihen),

171

289n3

296n43

;

chap. 1 (Kiritsubo),

55–56

93–94

113–14

214

;

chap. 2 (Hahakigi),

121

129

;

chap. 4 (Yūgao),

129

132–34

237–39

;

chap. 5 (Wakamurasaki),

55–56

74–75

80–81

;

chap. 6 (Suetsumuhana),

;

chap. 8 (Hana no en),

227–28

;

chap. 9 (Aoi),

63–65

;

chap. 10 (Sakaki),

257

;

chap. 12 (Suma),

117

;

chap. 13 (Akashi),

65–66

;

chap. 14 (Miotsukushi),

68–70

114–16

;

chap. 15 (Yomogiu),

72–73

;

chap. 16 (Sekiya),

257

;

chap. 17 (Eawase),

265n3

;

chap. 18 (Matsukaze),

74–76

254

;

chap. 19 (Usugumo),

76–77

;

chap. 20 (Asagao),

72–73

277n51–52

;

chap. 21 (Otome),

77–78

99–101

296n41

;

chaps. 22–31 (Tamakazura jūjo, Tamakazura chapters),

100

104

129–30

134–35

142–46

291n38

;

chap. 22 (Tamakazura),

129

131

149

;

chap. 23 (Hatsune),

104

149

;

chap. 24 (KochŌ),

104

135

145

150–54

;

chap. 25 (Hotaru),

122

144

147

154

261

;

chap. 26 (Tokonatsu),

143

149

154

;

chap. 27 (Kagaribi),

154–155

289n9

;

chap. 28 (Nowaki),

155–56

197

;

chap. 29 (Miyuki),

137–38

148

;

chap. 30 (Fujibakama),

129

139

155–57

159–61

;

chap. 31 (Makibashira),

132

139

157

;

chap. 33 (Fuji no uraba),

228

;

chap. 34 (Wakana jŌ),

97–98

102

108

;

chap. 35 (Wakana ge),

106–7

111

124

169–70

;

chap. 36 (Kashiwagi),

124

246

257

;

chap. 39 (Yūgiri),

200–203

;

chap. 40 (Minori),

113

215

;

chap. 41 (Maboroshi),

112–17

122–23

143–44

215

254

;

287n74

;

chap. 42 (Niou miya),

125

171

189

206–7

214

;

chap. 43 (KŌbai),

171

;

chap. 44 (Takekawa),

13–14

149

158–59

164

171

179–85

257

;

chap. 45 (Hashihime),

210

212

224

248

254–55

;

chap. 46 (Shii ga moto),

213

248

;

chap. 47 (Agemaki),

216

220–21

;

chap. 48 (Sawarabi),

224

;

chap. 49 (Yadorigi),

216

222–24

229

245

305n33

;

chap. 50 (Azumaya),

236

;

chap. 51 (Ukifune),

304n32

;

chap. 52 (KagerŌ),

229

239–42

247

;

chap. 53 (Tenarai),

240

243–46

257–59

261

304n32

;

chap. 54 (Yume no ukihashi),

258–59

304n32

;

“lost” chapter (Sumori),

259

;

supplemental chapters (narabi no maki),

131

289n3

;

transitional chapters (Bamboo River group),

206

296n43

296n47

;

chaps. 45–54 (Uji jūjo, Uji chapters),

13–18

181

211–16

223–24

240

243

246

248

253–55

258

296n43

Tale of Sagoromo. see Sagoromo monogatari

Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. see Taketori monogatari

Tale of the Hollow Tree. see Utsuho monogatari

Tales of Heichū. see Heichū monogatari

Tales of Ise. see Ise monogatari

Tamagami Takuya,

94–95

267n19

276n43

Tamakazura (chap. 22). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

tamakazura (jeweled tendrils),

290n15

Tamakazura jūjo (Tamakazura chapters). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

tama shizume (pacification of spirits),

273n10

Tang dynasty,

Tanizaki Jun’ichirŌ,

298n10

Tenarai (chap. 53). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

thinking, representation of,

7–10

250

267n17

;

wishful,

115

213

285n40

thought, novel as instrument of,

thread,

107

suji

time,

99–100

115–18

143–44

183

;

compressed,

119

;

cyclical,

143

;

narrative time,

100

119

129

196

205

;

passage of,

118

255

;

provisionality of,

213

;

transcendent,

143

seasons

Tokonatsu (chap. 26). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

TŌnomine ShŌshŌ monogatari (Tale of the TŌnomine Lesser Captain),

311n13

Torikaebaya monogatari (If Only I Could Transpose Them),

259–60

towazugatari (unsolicited tales),

171

transgendering,

259

truth,

190–91

197–200

204–5

210–11

242

makoto no koto

Tsuchimikado (historical mansion of Minamoto no Rinshi and Fujiwara no Michinaga),

269n18

tsumadoi (wife visiting),

tsumi (sin),

133

199

298n17

302n62

Tyler, Royall,

286n55

298n10

302n8

310n99

Uda, Emperor,

266n8

udaishŌ (commander of the right),

226

Uji jūjo (Uji chapters). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Uji villa:

of the Eighth Prince,

230–36

238–39

308n65

308n74

;

of Retired Emperor Suzaku (the Ujiin),

310n97

uncanny, the,

111

201

233

upāya (parable),

248

ushiromi (patron),

135

308n69

(tanomoshi hito)

Usugumo (chap. 19). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

uta monogatari (poem-centered narratives),

Utatane (Fitful Slumbers),

312n22

Utsuho monogatari (Tale of the Hollow Tree),

145

271n39

272n45

291nn42–43

295n32

vows. see under Buddhism

Wagami ni tadoru himegimi (The Princess Who Relied on Herself),

259–60

wagon (a koto with six strings),

180–83

waka (twenty-one-syllable verse form),

109

118

144

165

223

259

274n18

310n104

dokueika

;

zŌtŌka

Wakamurasaki (chap. 5). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Wakana ge (chap. 35). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Wakana jŌ (chap. 34). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Wakan rŌeishū,

118

Waley, Arthur,

214–15

268n29

wanton type,

155

kokoro asagenaru hito

warugotachi (disgruntled old ladies),

171

Washburn, Dennis,

105

114

watadono (roofed bridgeways),

270n20

wet nurse,

129

149

212

235

279n74

menotogo

wife,

103

224

229

241

279n75

seisai

woman who waits for a visiting lover or husband. see matsu onna

women:

marginalization of,

;

women readers,

261

;

women writers,

261

agency, female

;

house-bound heroines

;

matsu onna

;

miyazukaebito

;

mobility

female

;

MumyŌzŌshi

;

onna no mi

women’s apartments,

26–27

248

;

Fujitsubo

225

227

;

Kiritsubo,

Rear Court

Woloch, Alex,

267n18

Woolf, Virginia,

214–15

240

Yadorigi (chap. 49). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Yamaji no tsuyu (Dew on the Mountain Path),

259–61

Yamato songs. see waka

yin/yang (onmyŌdŌ),

;

bureau of,

283n30

yometori (taking a bride),

Yomogiu (chap. 15). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

yo no sukimono (well-known ladies’ men),

Yoru no nezame (Sleepless at Night),

178–79

260

270n26

297n59

Yourcenar, Marguerite,

288n87

Yūgao (chap. 4). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

Yūgiri (chap. 39). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

yuigon (last words, last wishes),

274n15

;

of Genji,

301n46

;

of Higekuro,

172

;

of Kashiwagi,

205

;

of Kiritsubo house,

298n10

;

of Lady RokujŌ,

89–90

;

of Ōigimi,

221

yukari (eroticized substitute),

134

165

182

241–42

274n17

286n53

;

as narrative trope,

232–34

;

Ōigimi as agent of erotic substitution,

218

;

Tamakazura as agent of erotic substitution,

174

Yume no ukihashi (chap. 54). see under Tale of Genji, chapters in

zoku hijiri (holy man in this world),

209

zŌtŌka (waka forming part of an exchange of poems),

117–18

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Character, Gender, and Genealogy in the Tale of Genji

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